Feminist Language and Discourse in the British Suffrage Press

<p><i>Feminist Language and Discourse in the British Suffrage Press: Words as Deeds </i>offers a comprehensive exploration of feminist discourse, focusing on the dynamic and evolving concept of gender within the context of British suffrage periodicals from 1907 to 1914.</p><p>Though its motto was ‘deeds, not words’, the movement for British women’s enfranchisement exploited the press to convey its message and aid the campaign. Adopting a (socio)linguistic perspective and a discourse analysis methodology, the book focuses on the theme of gender and on the development of feminist counter-language and counter-discourses using articles taken from the three major suffrage publications: <i>Votes for Women</i>, <i>The Vote</i>, and <i>Common Cause</i>. Through a combination of corpus linguistics and discourse analysis, the study of the interplay of language, representation, gender, and power provides insights into how these publications challenged and reshaped societal norms, with a specific focus on the case of medical misogyny.</p><p><i>Feminist Language and Discourse in the British Suffrage Press: Words as Deeds </i>challenges traditional views of suffrage activities, and is of value to researchers in fields such as feminist studies, language and gender studies, and periodical studies.</p>